Cover for cooking vessels



E. OLSON.

COVER FOR COOKING VESSELS.

APPLICATION FILED AU.G.16, 1919.

Patented July 6,1920.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED lsr EMIL OLSON, OF ROCHESTER, YORK.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. EMIL OLsoN, a citizen of the United StatesQ'and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Covers for Cooking Vessels, of which the following is 'a specification. V

The present invention relates to covers for cooking vessels and an object thereofis to provide a cover which has provision for the insertion of an egg heater or the like there 1 through. so that the cover may act as a guard during the beating of the eggs or other material to stop the splashof the material, provision being made whereby the beater maybe readily passed through the cover and then the opening through which the beater is passed may be restricted in size to permit the operation of the beater while preventing the escape of any. of the mate rial and provision also being made whereby the opening may be entirely closed so that the. cover may be used as an ordinary cover.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of whlch will'beherein'after described the novel features being pointed out inthe appended claims.

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Figure 1 is a plan view of a cover showing the opening closed;

Fig. 2 is a plan v1ew of the cover showing' the pivoted members removed;

Fig. 3 1s a plan vlewshowing one of the pivoted members in open' position, and the other-pivoted'member in its position restricting the size of the opening; and

*ig. 1 is a sectional view through the cover showing the two pivoted members partially swung away from the opening.

In the embodiment herein shown 1 indicates the cover body which may bemade in various sizes to fit different vessels. This body is provided with an opening preferably elongated in form and eccentrically ar ranged in the cover body. This opening is of a size to permit an egg heater or similar utensil to be passed therethrough. e

Means is providedon the cover for restricting the size of this opening so that i. the restricted opening will be of a size topermit the handle of the egg heater to extend above the top of the cover. This restricting means in this instance is in the form. of a Specification of Letterslatent. Application filed August 16,1919. Serial No. 318,035.

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member 3 hinged at 4 to the top surface of the cover body 1 and having a notched end 5 with which one end of the opening 2 forms the restricted opening. 7

There has also been associated with the cover, means for covering the opening 2and also preferably covering the opening reat 4 in common with the member 3 and adapted to be engaged at its free end by a 'stricting device 3. This means in this instance 1s 1n the form of a member 6 pivoted 675 spring latch '7 secured on the cover near one end of the opening 2. This member 6 covers up the restricted member 3 and also the opening 2, thus permitting the cover to be used for cooking vessels.

' From the foregoing it will be seen that l for vessels during cookingand the opening therethrough is then'entirely closed. When using'the cover as a splash guardthe two hinged members 3 and 6 are swung to extreme open positions so that the egg beater may be'introduced through the opening 2 after wh1cl1'themember 3 swung tothe position shown 1n Fig. 3'to restrict the size there'has been provided a combined cover and splash guard. This cover may be used of the opening about the handle of the egg beater. In this condition, the cover will effectively act as a guard to prevent the splash from the material passing from the vessel in which the beating operation is tak- NhatI claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A combined cover and splash guard comprising a cover member having an elon-v gated opening intersecting the center of said;

cover. and projecting farther from the center on one'side than the other, means for closing said opening, and separate means for covering the end of the opening farthest removed from the. center to restrict the opening to th center of the cover;

2. ,A combined cover and splash guard comprisinga cover member having an elongated opening intersecting the center of said cover and projecting farther fromthe center onone side than the other, means for closing said opening, and a hinged member arrangedto close oil the end of the opening farthest removed from the center torestrict the opening to the center of the cover. 3. A combined cover and splash guard comprlsing a cover member havmg an opening, means for restricting the size of the opening, and a hinged member arranged to close the opening.

4. A comblned cover and splash guard Comprising a cover member having an openand two members, one arranged to restrict the size of the opening and one arranged to coverthe first named member and theogening'.

5. combined coyer and splash guard of said members being formed torestriotthe 15 size of the opening and the other of said members being adapted to cover the first named member and the opening.

EMIL oLso 

